Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 102:23
He — God. The way — In the midst of the course of our lives. Some think the psalmist here speaks of the whole commonwealth as of one man, and of its continuance, as of the life of one man.
He — God. The way — In the midst of the course of our lives. Some think the psalmist here speaks of the whole commonwealth as of one man, and of its continuance, as of the life of one man.
Verse Psalms 102:23. _HE WEAKENED MY STRENGTH IN THE WAY_] We are brought so low in our captivity by oppression, by every species of hard usage, and by death, that there is now no hope of our restorat...
HE WEAKENED MY STRENGTH IN THE WAY - Margin, as in Hebrew, “afflicted.” The idea is, that God had taken his strength away; he had weakened him - humbled him - brought him low by sorrow. The word “way”...
Psalms 102 Christ the King in His Humiliation _ 1. In the place of humiliation and dependence (Psalms 102:1)_ 2. His enemies (Psalms 102:8) 3. The set time for Zion ...
CII. The title, which is unique in the Psalter, describes the contents of Psalms 102:1 very well. So far the Ps. is the prayer of a man in extreme affliction. The same may be said of Psalms 102:23 and...
HE WEAKENED.. return to the subject corresponding with (verses: Psalms 102:3), above. IN THE WAY: i.e. of His humiliation....
HE WEAKENED MY STRENGTH— The connection is this, "Notwithstanding these glorious hopes of being speedily restored to my native country, I find that through continual afflictions God _hath weakened my...
PSALMS 102 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The Prayer of a Humbled One brings a Threefold Answer of Peace. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 102:1-11, A Humbled One's Complaint. Stanza II., Psalms 102:12-17
This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD. -The generation to come shall praise the Lord for having loosed the groaning prisoners...
This Ps. belongs to the closing days of the exile, and utters the hope of Israel's restoration (Psalms 102:13). The Psalmist has been supposed by some to speak simply in the name of the nation, but it...
Psalms 90:106 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ A YOUNG MAN WITH TROUBLE PSALMS 102 Jesus said, "Do not let trouble stay in your mind. *Believe in God and believe in me also". ...
IN THE WAY — _i.e., in the course of life._ Others render, “by reason of the way,” but the meaning is the same. The clause is exactly parallel to “shortened my days.”...
_[Psalms 102:24]_ עִנָּ֖ה בַ † דֶּ֥רֶךְ _כֹּחִ֗י_† קִ
Psalms 102:1 Psalms 102:13 show that the psalm was written when Zion was in ruins and the time of her restoration at hand. Sadness shot with hope, as a cloud with sunlight, is the singer's mood. The p...
THE TIME TO HAVE MERCY UPON ZION Psalms 102:12 We must remember that the Holy Spirit appropriates the closing words of this psalm as addressed to our Lord. See Hebrews 1:10. This gives new point to t...
This is a song of faith triumphing over affliction. Beginning with a prayer for deliverance, and a statement of the circumstances of suffering in which he then was, together with a recognition of thos...
He (q) weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. (q) The church lament that they see not the time of Christ, which was promised, but have but few years and short days....
How truly lovely is it to observe, through every part of Scripture, the confirmation of the everlasting love, and unchangeable purposes of Jehovah, concerning redemption! It was this tender look of Go...
23._He hath afflicted my strength in the way _Some improperly restrict this complaint to the time when the Jews were subjected to much annoyance after the liberty granted them to return to their own l...
Psalms 102 is one of the most, perhaps the most, remarkable of all the psalms, and presents Christ in a way divinely admirable. Verse 10 (Psalms 102:10) gives the occasion of the cry with which the ps...
HE WEAKENED MY STRENGTH IN THE WAY,.... The psalmist here returns to his complaint of his afflictions, weakness, and frailty, which ended Psalms 102:11, after which some hints are given of the latter...
He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. Ver. 23. _He weakened my strength in the way_] This is the complaint of the poor captives yet undelivered, _In via, hoc est in vita, quia hic...
_He_ Namely, God, whom he considered as bringing these calamities upon them for their sins, and to whom therefore he applies for relief; _weakened my strength in the way_ That is, soon impaired the pr...
He weakened my strength in the way, Jehovah reduced his vitality by having him removed into exile; HE SHORTENED MY DAYS, and with him the entire people of the exile seemed doomed to death....
COMPLAINT OF ONE IN GREAT TROUBLE. A prayer of the afflicted, one in great misery and distress, when he is overwhelmed, Psalms 61:2, and poureth out his complaint, as from an inverted vessel, in a fu...
WEAKENED: _ Heb._ afflicted...
23-28 Bodily distempers soon weaken our strength, then what can we expect but that our months should be cut off in the midst; and what should we do but provide accordingly? We must own God's hand in...
HE, to wit, God, to whom he ascribes these calamities, PSALMS 102:10; to whom therefore he addresseth himself for relief. IN THE WAY; either, 1. In the midst of our expectations. Whilst we are expecti...
Psalms 102:23 weakened H6031 (H8765) strength H3581 way H1870 shortened H7114 (H8765) days H3117 He weakened - Heb. He afflicted,...
CONTENTS: Sorrowful complaint of great afflictions and a believing prospect of deliverance. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: The greatest ease to an afflicted spirit is to unburden itself by a...
It appears from Psalms 102:13, that this psalm was written in Babylon, and near the time of the Jewish emancipation. It is highly prophetic of the greater deliverance by the Messiah, whose law should...
_Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto Thee._ THOUGHTS OF COMFORT AND COMPLAINT I. Thoughts of complaint (Psalms 102:1). 1. Concerning bodily sufferings. (1) The physical anguish of lif...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 102:1. The title, “A Prayer of one afflicted,” makes it clear that this is an individual lament. At the same time, it is certainly not individualistic: the “I” who sings thi...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 102:23 The person who feels what vv. Psalms 102:3 describes is keenly aware of his own mortality. It seems like the troubles will shorten his life even further. The prayer is
INTRODUCTION It is impossible to determine on what occasion and by whom this Psalm was composed. Prof. Alexander and Hengstenberg regard it as a composition of David. But from internal evidence, espec...
EXPOSITION THE "title" of this psalm is altogether peculiar, being "a Prayer for the afflicted, when he faints, and pours out his complaint before Jehovah." This is clearly a general direction for the...
In Psalms 102:1-28, David begins with a prayer asking God to hear his prayer. Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline...
1 Timothy 4:1; 2 Thessalonians 2:3; 2 Timothy 3:1; Job 21:21;...